06/09/2026
🌿 Medicinal Weeds on Purpose 🌿
This year I’m turning the fence line around my garden into a medicinal w**d bed. Instead of fighting every “w**d” that pops up, I’m choosing plants that nourish, heal, attract pollinators, and support my family’s herbal medicine cabinet.
Already growing are:
🌱 Orange Mint
🌱 Chocolate Mint
🌱 Spearmint
And today, with a little help from my favorite tiny gardener, we planted:
🌼 Calendula – for skin healing, salves, teas, and pollinators
🌿 Yarrow – a powerhouse herb for wound care, immune support, and beneficial insects
🌿 Mullein – one of my favorite respiratory herbs, with soft fuzzy leaves and beautiful flower stalks
My goal is simple: if something is growing around my garden, I want it to be useful. Instead of a fence line full of random w**ds, I’m creating a living apothecary where every plant has a purpose.
The funny thing is that many of our best herbal allies are the plants people spend all summer trying to get rid of. Plantain, yarrow, mullein, mints, dandelion, and many others have been quietly helping people for generations.
Maybe the “w**ds” were medicine all along. 💚
Now if I can just keep the mint where I want it and not where it wants to be! 😂